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Clean air and water for Bonny: restoring the Lotus riverbank

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Lotus riverbank needs $350 for saplings and equipment.

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Seyi Seyi Yusuf
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Bonny
The Lotus riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This February, 49 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 177 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the district council, including native species selected by a local botanist. The area floods more each year, and fish have returned for the first time in a decade after our first cleanup. Restoring it will protect homes and bring back shade. All the labor is volunteered. We just need materials. We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted. Where the $350 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $185 • Tools and protective gear: $30 • Waste removal and skip hire: $105 • Signage and educational materials: $30 Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot. - Seyi
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

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  • Mussa Simiyu Ouma

    hope things get better soon, Seyi. This could happen to any of us. My husband and I read this together. All the best

    • Dustin G. Vargas

      Rooting for you. Great idea, hope you get there. Love from Nagoya.

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